Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-03-18
Local News.

lODlaS LOngeF9an returned TO st
Paul on Tuesday.
Rev. 4. NJ. Pitcher and wife ar,
visiting at Eau Claire.
Ford Rowe, of Rockford, has beer
in town for the past few days.
J. W. Horn made a flying visit tC
Chicago and Milwaukee this week.
r. J. Penhallegon, Jr., is able to be
around and attend to business again
after weeks illness.
w. n. Cox, of Potosi, paid a visit to
his sister, Mrs. John Treyillian, of this
city, last week.
Harry Moore's MINISTRIES did Rot
show at the City Hall on Monday eve
ming as advertised.
The ladies of the NJ. f. church held
a sociabIe at the residence of Mrs. VIM.
Lanyon, Jr., on Wednesday evening.
Peter lander. living one mile west
Of Blotz's mill, will hold public sale
Of personal property on Monday,
March %.
Theophilus Bartle is here from Cen
terville, Iowa, on a visit TO relatives.
He was a resident of this place about
ten years ago.
George Bachelor left on Tuesday
with car load of live stock and farm
machinery for Springfield, Dakota,
where he has an improved farm.
Adam Dresser took a business trip
to Lancaster, BoscObel and other places
last week, where he took orders for
custom clothing.
st. Patrick's day was very quietly
observed in Mineral Point, general
display of green ribbons being the
chief feature of the occasion.
The Alpha Society will hold a soci-
able in the vestry Of the =. NJ church,
next Wednesday evening, March 23d.
\ cordial invitation is extended to ALL
John II. Day has opened a boot and
shoe shop in Mitllin. Mr.. Day is Il first
class workman, and merits a fair share
of public patronage. The Democrat
wishes him abundant success.
J. b. Montague, the temperance evan
gelist, has been doing some effective
work in Brodhead, and has induced
many citizens of that place to sign the
pledge and wear the blue ribbon.
The concert to be given by the mem
bers of the Mineral Point band at the
City Hall on Easter Monday will be
frst-cass in every respect. Whatever
is undertaken by the band is invariably
made a success.
On next Monday, March 81, VIM.
Varcoe will hold public sale of per-
sonaI property on the farm of Mrs.
George NarCoe, one and one-half miles
west of the village of Linden. See a
more extended notice of the sale in
another column.
j. G. Mckee, treasurer of the town
of Waldwick, made return of the de
linquent tax roll OF his town to the
county treasurer, on Tuesday. The
total levy was $7,.95.35. He returned
delinquent the sum of $7l.36, \ pref
ty close collection.
Read the items under the heading
of " Business Notices and learn who
keeps the cheapest and best goods for
sale. The most wide awake merchants
use the columns of The Democrat to
let the public know the kinds of goods
which they keep and the bargains and
inducements which they have to offer.
Alonzo Jacka has returned from
LeMars, Iowa, and purchased the
blacksmith shop of John Wicker, at
the old stand of L. Wearne, just east
of the City Hall square. Alonzo is an
an industrious young man and good
blacksmith, and deserves a share of
the public patronage. We are glad to
note his return to prosperous old Min
eral Point
The Democrat is pleased to learn
that the city treasurer will return a
smaller amount of delinquent taxes
than has been returned from Mineral
Point for several years past. The ag-
gregate amount of delinquent taxes
will be considerably less than it was
twelve months ago. This is a pretty
good showing for remarkably dull
year.
Hon. j. NJ. Smith attended the ban
quet given to prominent democrats of
the state by the Juneau club of Mil
waukee, on Thursday of last week.
He thinks that the rejuvenated democ-
racy is in a vigorous, healthy condition,
and is holding fast to the cardinal
principles of the party, differences of
opinion only existing in regard to
minor details of party organization.
The illnatured and unfair criticism
made by the Tribune last week upon
certain street work recently done in
the second ward was entirely uncalled
for. The work was cheaply done, and
the improvement of the street in ques-
ton was urgently needed. Teamsters
of the city had repeatedly appeared
at meetings of the council and urged
that the road be graded.
John O'Neill, who thirty years ago
was a resident of Iowa county. but
is now engaged in bushes at Deer
Lodge. Garrison and Silver Bow, Mon
tana, was In town last week accom-
panied by his daughter, and visited re-
latives in this city and vicinity. Mr.
o. Neil could see many great changes
which had taken place even in steady
growing Wisconsin since he first went
to the far west.
The city of Platteville holds judg-
ment against Mr.. kemler IA bonds
man of a former city treasurer) for city
funds on deposit at the bank of Isaac
Hodges at the time of the failure OF
said bank. \ proposition to settle
with Mr.. kemler at one-third the
amount of the Judgment was submit.
ted to vote of the people at the city
election held in Platteville on Tuesday
of last week. There were 500 votes
east on the proposition, 2SS in favor OF
acceptance and l. against.
On Tuesday of this week Mr.. vii.
mot, assistant superintendent of the
state fish hatchery. delivered in this
city 10000 young brook trout, to be
| planted in the streams in this vicinity
| an of the fishes We're alive and in
healthy condition. They were taker
| in charge by James Kitchen, Thomas
| Kramer. Joseph Gribble, ]. C. Mckee
and Richard White, of Waldwick
Iowa county, and Peter Refer Of Ken
| dali. Lafayette county, and deposited
| in streams near by their respective res
| licences. There were many Others be
sides the above named lucky partie'